| Historic Name: |
Budnick House #2 |
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| Style: |
Tudor |
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Georgetown |
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Year Built: |
1930 |
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| Significance |
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In the opinion of the survey, this property appears to meet the criteria of the National Register of Historic Places. |
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In the opinion of the survey, this property appears to meet the criteria of the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Ordinance. |
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Based on field work conducted in September 2014, this historic property retains its relationship to the streetscape, historic building form and a sufficient amount of exterior historic building fabric (design features, cladding and/or window sash/openings) to contribute to the distinct character of the Georgetown neighborhood.
This is a generally well-preserved historic property that may possess some limited architectural and/or historic significance. This property exhibits no substantive changes to the exterior appearance since it was identified in the 1997 HRI project.
(1997) This property is associated with an era of residential and commercial building between 1916 and 1942 which continued in Georgetown despite an acceleration of the trends toward the industrialization of the area. Significant changes came with prohibition and the closure of the brewery in 1916, the completion of the Duwamish Waterway in 1917, and the arrival of new businesses, such as the Boeing Airplane Company in 1916. In spite of the increasingly industrial nature of the area which had been zoned as such in 1923, residents of Georgetown continued to build new homes and businesses and to plan for a future in the neighborhood. This house was built for Lucas Budnick, a laborer who resided at an adjacent address (GT091). It was constructed by the same contractor, James Peterson, who built the Budnick residence. Lucas Budnick owned this property until 1936.
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| Appearance |
| A partly intact, however altered, example of Tudor Revival style design, a dominant residential design mode during the 1920s and early 30s that was loosely based on a variety of early English building traditions. This residence appears to have been constructed according to widely available house plans that were popularly used during this era and is similar to Tudor Revival designs promoted via architect/builder’s plan books and Aladdin type house catalogs. This residence exhibits design features and historic building fabric that typify the popular Tudor Revival design mode: wire-cut brick wall cladding, a steeply pitched multiple front gable facade and side gable roof form, tight eave and rake treatment, and an arched entry porch opening. The house is distinguished by an asymmetrical facade, a facade dominated by prominent steeply pitched cross gables and varied eave heights. The front porch includes side arched openings and originally included a brick masonry stoop that has been removed. A prominent end wall chimney is situated on the side elevation. The windows are typically double-hung and set in groups with multiple pane (prairie) upper sash members. The house includes some windows that appear to have been altered or replaced. |
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